Again, no Trump. We're leaving in about a month to the Osaka Expo, then a cruise from Yokohama to Vancouver. Thus, today, a look at travel, featuring Condé Nast Traveler 's Best Places to Go in Asia in 2025 , where Osaka is featured. First, Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, which was known as Saigon during and before their war with the U.S. Has grown into one of the world's fastest growing tourism powerhouse. Have been there a couple of times. Here are some tidbits from 2009 . Interesting that I said the population is nearing 10 million, and expected to reach 20 million in 2020. Well, this is 2025 and the population is 9.8 million. Located 1100 miles south of Hanoi. That population is for the metropolitan area. For only the city itself. HCMCity 3.5 million Hanoi 1.4 million Da Nang 0.75 million This is surprising, for Vietnam is in the northern hemisphere, but HCMCity is cooler in September than January and Fe...
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